Committee on Public Information poster from 1917 promoting the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation. W. D. Stevens/Library of Congress. In 1917, on the brink of the U.S. entry ...

"The essence of propaganda ... and fending off American advances with the other. Nearby a hand holds a wrench with the inscription "production" -- the key to winning the war.

Through propaganda, the government hoped to encourage hatred of the USA’s enemies so that the American people would be prepared to contribute more to the war effort.

The Brandeis University World War I and World War II Propaganda Posters collection includes nearly 100 different images (a majority from the WWI era) addressing a variety of American war aims. The ...